CPAN EXAM PRE 2 ACTUAL TEST PAPER QUESTIONS CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A PLUS
Question:
If a patient is hypothermic in phase I recovery then a serial temperature should be taken every ____
minutes? A. 5 B. 10 C. 15 D. 30
Answer:
C- 15
Question:
A patient has been treated for Malignant Hyperthermia with cooling agents. Cooling interventions
should be discontinued when the patient has reached what temperature? A. 37.5 C B. 38 C C. 38.1 C
Answer:
B- 38 C
Question:
Smokers are at a higher risk for having PONV than non-smokers, true or false?
Answer:
False- non-smokers are at a 1.5-2.5x higher risk
Question:
The movement of gas between atmosphere and alveoli. a) Ventilation b) tidal volumes c) Pulmonary
Compliance
Answer:
A- Ventilation
Question:
, ____ ____ is how easily the elastic forces in the lung accept a volume of air a) elastic recoil b)
pulmonary compliance c) tidal volume
Answer:
B- Pulmonary Compliance
Question:
A PACU education/research committee should have three commitments, which must include all of
the following except a) development of innovative thinking b) freedom of inquiry c) individual
progress of each nurse d) excellence in practice
Answer:
C- individual progress of each nurse
Question:
A standard of practice for post anesthesia nursing is established by which acceptable levels of
nursing action? a) Promoting independent nursing judgement b) Specifying the nursing goal while
defining appropriate nursing measures c) Identifying the nursing actions that meet JCAHO criteria
d) Prescribing the nursing intervention relative to standing orders
Answer:
B- specifying the nurse goal while defining appropriate nursing measures
Question:
A staff nurse denied a merit increase expresses vigorous support for management and its policies
instead of showing anger. The nurse's behavior is characterized as: A. identification. B. reaction
formation. C. sublimation. D. rationalization.
Answer:
B- reaction formation
Question:
The dissociative state attributed to ketamine anesthesia can be modified by the administration of
a/an: A. antiarrhythmic. B. benzodiazepine. C. narcotic. D. anticonvulsant.
Question:
If a patient is hypothermic in phase I recovery then a serial temperature should be taken every ____
minutes? A. 5 B. 10 C. 15 D. 30
Answer:
C- 15
Question:
A patient has been treated for Malignant Hyperthermia with cooling agents. Cooling interventions
should be discontinued when the patient has reached what temperature? A. 37.5 C B. 38 C C. 38.1 C
Answer:
B- 38 C
Question:
Smokers are at a higher risk for having PONV than non-smokers, true or false?
Answer:
False- non-smokers are at a 1.5-2.5x higher risk
Question:
The movement of gas between atmosphere and alveoli. a) Ventilation b) tidal volumes c) Pulmonary
Compliance
Answer:
A- Ventilation
Question:
, ____ ____ is how easily the elastic forces in the lung accept a volume of air a) elastic recoil b)
pulmonary compliance c) tidal volume
Answer:
B- Pulmonary Compliance
Question:
A PACU education/research committee should have three commitments, which must include all of
the following except a) development of innovative thinking b) freedom of inquiry c) individual
progress of each nurse d) excellence in practice
Answer:
C- individual progress of each nurse
Question:
A standard of practice for post anesthesia nursing is established by which acceptable levels of
nursing action? a) Promoting independent nursing judgement b) Specifying the nursing goal while
defining appropriate nursing measures c) Identifying the nursing actions that meet JCAHO criteria
d) Prescribing the nursing intervention relative to standing orders
Answer:
B- specifying the nurse goal while defining appropriate nursing measures
Question:
A staff nurse denied a merit increase expresses vigorous support for management and its policies
instead of showing anger. The nurse's behavior is characterized as: A. identification. B. reaction
formation. C. sublimation. D. rationalization.
Answer:
B- reaction formation
Question:
The dissociative state attributed to ketamine anesthesia can be modified by the administration of
a/an: A. antiarrhythmic. B. benzodiazepine. C. narcotic. D. anticonvulsant.
